PLEASE HELP ANY ONE.. MY GT IS NOT EATING
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pcfriedrich;1935311; said:
I would isolate the sick into a smaller quarantine tank.You will use less meds per water volume that way.As I said "The problem with Metronidazole is that it is not absorbed through the gills very well if at all from my research so try soaking his food in it first and hopefully he will eat some on his own."
I tried soaking the food with medication when my GT had this problem but he refused to eat it. I didn't trust myself with force feeding him so I tried something a little different.
To start off, my GT has never touched another fish and I've never given him feeders. But, I had a tank with 4 rosy barbs in it at the time and started medicating them for a couple of days. I put him in with them since it was a small tank so I knew he wouldn't have a hard time catching them. I woke up the next morning and 2 rosy barbs were gone. The next day the other two. Then he ate one of the mediated pellets on the third day and continued eating the medicated pellets for the duration of the treatment. I haven't had a problem since and he's close to 7" now. I was hoping by him eating the "medicated" barbs the medication would get in his gut which in my case worked since he's still around. I used the barbs since I had them for 6 months so I knew they were healthy.
Not sure if it was the best way to go about it. Just figured I'd pass along what happened to work for me. Good luck with him!!
To start off, my GT has never touched another fish and I've never given him feeders. But, I had a tank with 4 rosy barbs in it at the time and started medicating them for a couple of days. I put him in with them since it was a small tank so I knew he wouldn't have a hard time catching them. I woke up the next morning and 2 rosy barbs were gone. The next day the other two. Then he ate one of the mediated pellets on the third day and continued eating the medicated pellets for the duration of the treatment. I haven't had a problem since and he's close to 7" now. I was hoping by him eating the "medicated" barbs the medication would get in his gut which in my case worked since he's still around. I used the barbs since I had them for 6 months so I knew they were healthy.
Not sure if it was the best way to go about it. Just figured I'd pass along what happened to work for me. Good luck with him!!
James B.;1906758; said:Could be internal parasites, GT are pron to them from what I have heard (hexa something or other I cant remember right now, is very common in small GT's). I actually lost my little GT to them a couple weeks ago, started the same way you describe, stooped eating then got white stringy poo and no mater what I tried nothing seemed to work, He died after my third round of meds to try and save him.
yea i give up on gts i had 3 of em they either die off not eating or sum kinda internal problem, (when all my other fish are fine)
dk66gt;1936537; said:
yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking. My O isn't even interested in eating live food. I'm gonna give hime a few more days with the feeder in there, if he doesn't eat it soon, I'm gonna resort to the force feeding.
I have noticed a change today, don't know if it is improvement or not. recently his discharge (certainly not like any feces I've ever seen come out of him) has been very thick, firm and opaque. today (after about 20 hours of being in the medicated tank), his anal discharge is much thinner, flowing, and translucent.
anyone know if that's a sign of improvement or things getting worse for an O with Hexamita?
sorry for hijacking this thread, but it is about a fish with the same disease. I figured it was relevant enough to help anyone interested, whether their sick fish is a GT, O, or whatever. I hear this disease is most prevalent in Os, GTs, and Discus, anyway.
Update! a couple of days ago, my O got his color back (he was real dark, almost completely black). today, I walked up to the tank to make sure he was still alive, and he noticed me! he looked at me and moved up toward the surface of the water. I threw in a pellet and he ate it! first time he's eaten in 13 days.
I medicated the tank with Jungle brand Tank Buddies Parasite clear. never force fed him or anything. he's still real weak, but getting better. hasn't excreted anything white in 4 or 5 days.
I wonder what kind of internal damage hexamita does. will he still grow to full size?
anyway, I'm kinda stoked he's eating (at least a little) again.
I medicated the tank with Jungle brand Tank Buddies Parasite clear. never force fed him or anything. he's still real weak, but getting better. hasn't excreted anything white in 4 or 5 days.
I wonder what kind of internal damage hexamita does. will he still grow to full size?
anyway, I'm kinda stoked he's eating (at least a little) again.
ive been having this prblem with my GT... not eating, white stringy poo... i also had this with a Severum ages ago...
with the severum i had to wait for it get a bit bigger and to establish his place in the tank... too many territorial fish in a smallish tank... i got him to eat by adding more plants/wood and feeding thawed bloodworm.
With my GT i have the same issue but i now feed him thawed "dallies" which are tiny flash frozen fish... he's getting better on it...
I feed my cichlids on thawed frozen food, i run them under hot water in a net to warm the worm, krill etc up so that theyre more akin to living body temperature and consistency. they seem to like them more that way.
with the severum i had to wait for it get a bit bigger and to establish his place in the tank... too many territorial fish in a smallish tank... i got him to eat by adding more plants/wood and feeding thawed bloodworm.
With my GT i have the same issue but i now feed him thawed "dallies" which are tiny flash frozen fish... he's getting better on it...
I feed my cichlids on thawed frozen food, i run them under hot water in a net to warm the worm, krill etc up so that theyre more akin to living body temperature and consistency. they seem to like them more that way.
